. 2008 Nov 26;7:245. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-245

Table 4.

Likelihood of seeking malaria treatment within 1 day of symptom onset, according to symptom severity, distance and socioeconomic factors.

	Adults (N = 100)				Children (N = 61)^a

	N	OR^b	95% CI	P	N	OR^b	95% CI	P
Severe symptoms
Absent	47	1			38	1
Present	53	0.52	0.20, 1.33	NS	23	1.54	0.47, 5.03	NS
Education
None	24	1			9	1
Primary or higher	76	1.43	0.46, 4.47	NS	52	2.99	0.59, 15.13	NS
Distance from health centre^c
<2 km	58	1			29	1
≥2 km	36	0.84	0.31, 2.24	NS	28	1.47	0.46, 4.63	NS
Wealth index
1^stquartile	24	1			15	1
2^ndquartile	20	0.18	0.03, 1.01	0.05	12	0.42	0.07, 2.50	NS
3^rdquartile	28	0.12	0.02, 0.64	0.01	17	0.11	0.02, 0.68	0.02
4^thquartile	28	0.29	0.05, 1.65	NS	17	0.19	0.03, 1.10	0.06

^aSymptoms in children; other factors in caretakers. Information incomplete in 5 children.

^bOdds ratio for seeking treatment for malaria within 1 day of symptoms vs. waiting longer.

^cInformation on distance from health centre obtained for 94 adults and 57 children.

NS = not significant.